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Amazon’s hardcover sales of Lee Marvin: Point Blank have dropped and as an incentive to help boost that number, I thought I’d make a promotional offer. Anyone who lives in the United States and purchases one of the remaining hardcovers via the Amazon link (click on the blue book title anywhere throughhout this post), will recieve a postcard signed by yours truly, the book’s author. It will be as if youy had attended one of the many book signings that have taken place over the last two years but could not get to, no matter where you live! Works like this: Simply buy the hardcover, reply to this blog post that you’ve bought the book, which postcard you prefer, and I’ll private message to get your snail mail address. That’s it! It’s between you and I alone and you don’t have to pay for the postage. The postcards come in two varieties:

The first, is from the book signing I did in April, 2013 at a great little bookstore in Novato, Calif called Loveable Rogue. The front of the card depicting the book is on the left and the back is pictured on the right:

FREE SIGNED POSTCARD FROM LOVEABLE ROGUE BOOK SIGNING.

The other postcard is from the 2001 A&E Biography on Marvin that I was interviewed for and provided a large part of the graphics for, as well. The show was done well and allowed me the chance to meet and later interview Angie Dickinson. Again, below is the card with an image of Marvin waiting on the set of The Dirty Dozen on the left and the back of the card with info about the show is on right:

FREE A&E BIOGRAPHY POSTCARD OF LEE MARVIN.

Pretty simple, right? By the way, even though Amazon sells the book at a pretty good discount, it does not effect my royalties one bit, so why wait? It’s the definition of a win/win! Go ahead and order the hardcover, give me a shout out that you did, and I’ll do the rest. As they say on TV, better hurry while supplies last!

My publisher Tim Schaffner, of Schaffner Press, recently reminded of the fact that this week marks the two year anniversary of the publication of our book, Lee Marvin: Point Blank, and what an amazing two years it’s been! Just a cursory glance at that month in 2013 from my calendar below still makes my head spin……

The next six months were even more amazing as the book tour kicked into high gear. Keep in mind, book tours are no longer considered economically feasable by most publishing houses and if they’re done at all, the author often has to foot the bill. Luckily, Schaffner Press is NOT most publishing houses. Tim believes in having his authors go out there, press the flesh and make their presence (and their work) be known. I was able to see and go places I had never been before and consequently meet some amazing people in the process, all of whom were either Lee Marvin fans or happily discovering his work for the first time.

All that said and done, the best part of all is the fact that two years down the road, it is still selling, almost as if it just came out. Don’t take my word for it, check out these numbers from Amazon. First the paperback and hardcover from earlier this week…..

Paperback ranking and then hardcover ranking, both from Amazon.

Best of all? In June of last year an amazing publicist at the book’s distibutor, IPG, convinced Amazon to include Lee Marvin: Point Blank as part of their discount promotion. The result was a spot on the NY Times and Wall Street Journal best seller lists, and a continued sales boost that exists to this day!

Kindle sales rank on Amazon as of Jan. 22nd, 2015

I could not be happier with the results that have made Lee Marvin: Point Blank an ‘evergreen’ title, and hopefully will continue to be for some time to come. More succinctly, for those who have read it and enjoyed it, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOU SUPPORT & CONTINUE TO TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS & FAMILY. They won’t be disappointed!